Tory chairman Grant Shapps has apparently said something about the Labour Party's record on immigration. He omits to point out that the Conservative Party IS the Labour Party. The Labour Party and the Conservative Party and the Liberal Democrats are three heads on one monster. All three support the United Kingdom being overwhelmed by immigrants. Arguing about the level of immigration is pretty pointless.
Take housing. Britain's population is increasingly rapidly, owing in large part to immigration. This creates a need for new housing, which in turn puts increasing pressure on green belt land. As there is always some opposition to green belt development, the pace of house building can never quite match the pace of population increase. As a result, thousands of people are forced to live rough, while hundreds of thousands more are forced to live in substandard accommodation.
It is true that if the level of immigration is reduced then the pace of house building might be able to match the increase in population. As a result, the number of people living rough on the streets or in garden sheds might actually fall. Nevertheless, we would still be losing our green belt land, and many of us would still end up living in tiny houses with little or no garden.
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